Creative Integrated Designer

Location: Guildford, Surrey

Salary: 35-40K

Start Date: ASAP

Title:
Creative Integrated Designer

Background

Our client are an award-winning integrated full-service communications agency with 14 fulltime staff. Clients are across a wide range of sectors and include American Airlines, Bang & Olufsen, UniQlo and Samsung.

They specialise in launch activity for global brands; be it launching a new clothing brand, an A380 airplane or a new shopping centre. Their award-winning campaigns are across a wide range of integrated channels including advertising, social media, experiential events, direct mail, print, film and event/exhibitions.

We’re looking for a conceptual designer who doesn’t want their talents to be confined to one area. As well as being concept-led you have an ability to beautifully apply your ideas across online and print.
You will have consumer marketing experience ideally within an integrated agency and have worked on multi-channel campaigns.

Location: Central Guildford, Surrey – 40 minutes by train from London Waterloo.

Role:
Conceptual design for integrated brand and product launch activity across:
o Digital
o Micro sites (dynamic, campaign orientated)
o Print and online advertising
o Direct Mail
o Experiential activity

Key Responsibilities:
1 Analysing the brief: Ability to explore and challenge the brief. Able to do own research – liaising closely with the wider design team and client to find the answers to questions about why the communication is needed, who the target audience will be, who the leading competitors are, etc;
2 Creative: Creating visually appealing and UI centric conceptual designs for addictive and captivating online and print experiences.
3 Technical skills:
o Strong typographic skills
o Proficient in Adobe CS4 Suite
4 Delivery:
Uploading sites to the internet
Packaging designs for hand-over to artwork for print

Skills: o A strong conceptual/design focus
o Strong typographic skills
o Strong knowledge of the Adobe CS4 suite of software
o An Art, Design or Media based Honours Degree
o A goof understanding of current web-design trends and techniques.
o A flexible attitude with proven experience of working in a small team.
o Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
On Offer o Competitive salary
o Open and friendly, creative working environment
o A great place to work with great clients
o Interesting projects which span print, online, onscreen and face-to-face